I will say that there’s a lot of drinking and smoking weed in this book. But wants him to deal with it in that right way? That was amazing. For Felix to have someone who has got his back so firmly, who stands up for him and doesn’t let him put up with shit. Felix was even told that if his pronouns changed to just say. Even if there was still drama, I loved how mostly positive it was. That being said, I did enjoy the romance. But I also get that, yeah, he probably would be pissed after everything that happened. I was really rooting for them and still think they’d have been the better match. I won’t lie I do kind of wish things with Declan had been better at the end. His dad really does love him, and he can do amazingly if he puts the effort in. I’m not going to go into details as I don’t want to spoil things. But it’s just in a book, so all you can do is continue the journey and hope it works out.Īnd it did. It was difficult reading a teenager going through all this and wanting to help them and support them. But the imposter syndrome, the parent trying their best but still sometimes saying the wrong things and the feeling scared that no one will love you and you’re not good enough to succeed? That I all felt to my core. I know I’m genderfluid, but I haven’t questioned my gender more since working that out as an adult.
I’m white, I’ve not medically transitioned and have no plans to. I’m not going to pretend to relate to everything that Felix goes through. It couldn’t be an easy read and have the impact it seems to have on readers. But to me, that just highlights how impactful this book was. I did get a little uncomfortable, and I did have to keep putting the book down. I don’t know if I was just in a bad place or if this book kind of triggered my dysphoria. Sometimes he wonders if being black, trans and queer is too much and when someone at school reveals old pictures of him with his dead name… He starts to spiral. He wants to fall in love, he wants to figure out what to do for his portfolio, and he wants to figure out why guy doesn’t always fit right. He’s 17-years-old and focused on the summer art program at his school. I actually loved it, and it really was a book I needed to read.įelix Love has never been in love. Thanks so much to Bethany Carter from Faber & Faber for sending me this gorgeous proof. And that allowed me to read this book through the publishers. But it’s finally getting released in the UK on the 18th of May.
This is a book that’s been out for a good while now, I know.
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